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Revolutions

Classic revolutionary writings set ablaze by today’s radical writers.

This essential new series features classic texts by key figures who took center stage during a period of insurrection. Each book is introduced by a major contemporary radical writer who shows how these incendiary words still have the power to inspire, to provoke and maybe to ignite new revolutions ...

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The Revolutions Set

ISBN: 9781844674473

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The Bolivarian Revolution

by Simon Bolivar
A collection of documents from iconic revolutionary, Símon Bolívar, introduced by Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela.
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The Declaration of Independence

by Thomas Jefferson
The explosive manifesto for the American Revolution, introduced by the co-author of Empire.
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The Declarations of Havana

by Fidel Castro
Speeches by Fidel Castro in response to the US administration's attempt to isolate Cuba, introduced by Tariq Ali.
Down with Colonialism!

by Ho Chi Minh
Walden Bello on Ho Chi Minh’s inspirational anti-imperialism.
The Gospels

In this new presentation of the Gospels, renowned thinker Terry Eagleton asks: was Jesus a revolutionary?
The Haitian Revolution

by Toussaint L'Ouverture
Haiti’s ousted premier on the leader of the world’s first black republic.
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On Practice and Contradiction

by Mao Tse-Tung
The writings that underpinned the Chinese revolution, introduced by Slavoj Žižek.
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The Putney Debates

by The Levellers
The debates between the Levellers and Oliver Cromwell, introduced by Geoffrey Robertson.
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The Rights of Man and Common Sense

by Thomas Paine
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again."—Thomas Paine
Sermon to the Princes

by Thomas Muntzer
“Omnia sunt communia—all things are common.”—Thomas Müntzer.
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Terrorism and Communism

by Leon Trotsky
Trotsky and Slavoj Žižek defend revolutionary violence.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

by Sheila Rowbotham and Mary Wollstonecraft
A renowned historian introduces Mary Wollestonecraft's seminal feminist tract.
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Virtue and Terror

by Maximilien Robespierre and Slavoj Žižek
Robespierre’s justification of the Terror in the French Revolution.

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A Common Treasury

by Gerrard Winstanley
Some of the earliest examples of communist thought, introduced by Tony Benn.
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